Well it’s Tuesday–what ya gonna do about it….don’t forget to subscribe to this blog to be sure you don’t miss any of my UK adventure….you think I’m weird now wait to you get me away from hearth and home.

To the good stuff we believe in

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A variety recap:

‘Outlander’ Stars Talk Season 2 Premiere Revelations, New Enemies in France

and a pre-season interview: http://www.indiewire.com/article/outlander-caitriona-balfe-sam-heughan-tobias-menzies-season-2-emmy-video-20160403

don’t forget Sam at Tartan Day Parade on 4/9…

Before we land up loose and sad and free

TODAY we continue on looking at things that we think we know–the truths that we have been given, that just might be what they appear to be and probably never would.  There use to be a saying…buying the whole bill of goods:  which means some one has deceived you on some subject or other.  Let’s look at some goodies today.

Before we find that it’s gone

LET’S LOOK AT CARBS–THE CURRENT VILLIAN IN OUR EFFORT TO EXCUSE OUR OWN BAD BEHAVIOR

Carbs are the second biggest villain (the first being Gluten, which affects such a small part of the population you wonder how it earned its legend)  in our diet marathon these days—It’s the fault of all our health and weight problems…it couldn’t possibly be because we veg in front of the TV and/or computer–our biggest effort is to heave a spoonful of something over and over into our mouths and to use fads instead of common sense—which I’m afraid is rapidly dying out—to regulate our eating and living habits.

“Carbs aren’t the enemy,” says Julie Jones, a professor emeritus of food and nutrition at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn. who is also a scientific advisor for the Grain Foods Foundation, a baking and milling industry funded group which promotes grain-based food as part of a healthy diet. “Overconsumption, of anything, is the enemy.”  https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/is-it-really-worth-not-eating-bread-pasta-and-other-carbs/2015/02/06/cd6d1c38-89e2-11e4-a085-34e9b9f09a58_story.html   The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends that carbohydrates make up 45 to 65 percent of your total daily calories. So, if you get 2,000 calories a day, between 900 and 1,300 calories should be from carbohydrates. That translates to between 225 and 325 grams of carbohydrates a day.  http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/carbohydrates/art-20045705?pg=2

And what happens when we don’t get our proper intake of carbs?   Just like the body, the brain also relies on carbs, broken down into glucose, for energy. And when the brain doesn’t get the glucose it needs, it might not work to the best of its ability. A small 2008 study found that women on a low-carb diet scored worse on a series of memory tests than women on a low-calorie but nutrient-balanced diet. When the low-carb women started eating carbs again? Their brains quickly bounced back to normal.   And that’s just one of the side effects–check out the web site for much more:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/23/eat-more-carbs_n_5324442.html

We could pull it back together, truth and honesty

Yes–me at Stonehenge—and yes you can still get into the stones—you just to go to their web site and look into it—we were there at 5 am because we wanted to see the sunrise–or Google tours that have access.

ODD BITS

NAPOLEAN WAS SHORT:

At his death in 1821, the nail in the coffin came with his physician’s report that his body was five feet two inches ‘from the top of the head to the heels’. The subsequent note that this was ‘equal to five feet six’ by the slightly different English measurement system was conveniently forgotten.  Emily Brand.  History Revealed! Available in print and for digital devices.  So you’re saying well that’s still short…..but  remember that 5’7″ was normal height, even a little taller than so in some circles–so that bit of history that I have had in my head forever is not actually true…I wonder what else I’ve learned wrong?

DID THE APPLE GET A BAD RAP

According to the King James Bible Genesis 3:6
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”  I’ve checked and no where in the Bible, no matter what the translation–does it say Apple—somehow that fruit got a bad rap.  Original to the Hebrew people:  “Our sages write that the Torah obscures the identity of the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden out of concern that people will constantly point and say, “That is the species of fruit that brought death unto the world.” http://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1982723/jewish/Was-the-Forbidden-Fruit-Really-an-Apple.htm

But on looking further I found this distinction is In Western Europe, the fruit was often depicted as an apple, possibly because of a misunderstanding of, or a pun on mălum, a native Latin noun which means evil (from the adjective malus), and mālum, another Latin noun, borrowed from Greek μῆλον, which means apple.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_fruit  My favorite though is that it wasn’t a fruit at all—at least not what you’re thinking about but rather fruit of the womb and the whole thing was a sex issue.  It always raises it’s nasty head doesn’t it!

Open up your hands, show me your heart

WAS IT OR WASN’T IT–DID THEY OR DIDN’T THEY?

My favorite example of the truth you know may not be the truth of what is:  THE TITANTIC—“The shipbuilders Harland and Wolff insist that the Titanic was never advertised as an unsinkable ship. They claim that the ‘unsinkable’ myth was the result of people’s interpretations of articles in the Irish News and the Shipbuilder magazine.”  Things haven’t changed much–just blame the press for it.    http://www.historyonthenet.com/titanic/unsinkable.htm

But according to the Titantic for Dummies (p 291) A Brochure from the White Star line state:  “…these two wonderful vessels (her sister ship The Olympia) are designed to be unsinkable” and goes on to say that though this statement does not exactly say or mean they were unsinkable that the public came to believe this.   But not everyone even agrees that this was a common belief– so our belief that the majority of her passenger and crew believed she was unsinkable may well just be another one of those truths that we thought we knew but are really fostered by popular propaganda in the form of novels and films that give us less than the truth in their recitals.

What we do know is that she was not prepared for sinking–that she had too few life boat and so many other issue that it would take a blog much bigger than this one to deal with.

If you’re really interested you can read this on line

these two books are in full:

Titanic Compelte

https://books.google.com/books?id=QLMvMyaJP4gC&pg=PT249&lpg=PT249&dq=was+the+titanic+advertised+as+unsinkable&source=bl&ots=DFA9ueb1E2&sig=Nq7CRr3lMNXLfSgcYXaVDdYJWrg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV88zB04nMAhUMGB4KHdcnBUM4ChDoAQhCMAc#v=onepage&q=was%20the%20titanic%20advertised%20as%20unsinkable&f=false

and Titantic for Dummies 

https://books.google.com/books?id=280ryd86rewC&pg=PA291&lpg=PA291&dq=was+the+titanic+advertised+as+unsinkable&source=bl&ots=I4DxIpTbfj&sig=PB9L6g1X-64eTIl-yGUyy3EgI-4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiV88zB04nMAhUMGB4KHdcnBUM4ChDoAQg4MAU#v=onepage&q=was%20the%20titanic%20advertised%20as%20unsinkable&f=false

Then maybe we all could shine, yeah

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Oh, truth and honesty that is what we need to hold on
To the good stuff we believe in
Before we land up loose, sad and free
Before we find out all that is gone
We could pull it back together with truth and honesty, oh
Open up your hands, show me your heart

PICTURES RANGE TODAY FROM

Mt. Dora in the main, to assorted other locals including other Florida, Chicago, Stonehenge, and ending with several from Ireland…I have been a few places and taken more than a few pictures.

Pictures today are from Mt. Dora–http://www.visitmountdora.com/  A place were I spend a lot of Sundays….  I’ll be doing a couple of honorable mentions from there this week as well—getting ready for the UK….hopefully you’ll love the trip and my info from there as well (assuming you even LIKE what I’ve been doing so far.)

De t’ings dat yo li’ble

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THEY’RE BACK–in more ways than one

A blow by blow of episode 1, season two complaining about no sex:  http://www.wired.com/2016/04/outlander-recap-s02e01/

and a review questioning direction and purpose:  http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/06/outlander-season-2-review

I liked it….it starts with a return to the 20th century and then back with  Jamie starting to get some of his old self back and though the back to the future stuff confused those that haven’t read the book  it’s an episode (of which we had some last time) to pull us all back into the events and move us on to more sex, violence and in this case FRENCH decadence and stopping a massacre of the Clans and their civilization and life style.

To read in de Bible –

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Over the weekend which included lunch with friends at First Watch and binging on OUTLANDER until the new season started at 9 pm and then Sunday doing volunteer work in Mt. Dora—I decided on a topic of things that you think are true and you’ve been taught that they were for years—but suddenly zap you found out (or in a rare case are just finding out here) that all that true is gone….so here we go folks on consideration of things that ain’t necessarily TRUE.

It ain’t necessarily so.

FIRST LET’S START WHERE MY PICTURES ARE:  MT.  DORA:

Mount Dora is a U.S. city in Lake County, Florida. As of 2011, the United States Census Bureau estimates the Mount Dora population at 12,534. It is part of the Orlando-Kissimmee, FL, Metropolitan Statistical Area.   Wikipedia

I’ve been visiting. even stayed over night at the Lakeside Inn http://www.lakeside-inn.com/  Mt. Dora for years and years. and all this time I’ve been told that “The large, beautiful lake upon which the city grew is named for Ms. Dora Ann Drawdy (1819-1885), who homesteaded in the mid-1800s and befriended federal surveyors with her warm hospitality. In 1846, the surveyors named Lake Dora for her, and years later, in 1883, the small but growing town was named for the lake. Today, Ms. Drawdy is buried in Umatilla.”    http://ci.mount-dora.fl.us/index.aspx?nid=317

But according to James M. Laux’s  (and now on the town’s official web site—and confirmed at the history museum) book MOUNT DORA  A SHORT HISTORY;  Dora Ann and her family did not move to the area until after 1850 and by this time the survey had been completed and the lake already named….so the truth of the matter is that though it a great little tale, as legends go, it is not supported by any factual information and point of fact no one know just exactly how the lake and later the town received the name.

Lil’ David was small, but oh my!

FINGER PRINTS–NO TWO ARE THE SAME AND THEY’RE FOOLPROOTH IN AN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION.

I recently read something on this and was astounded as this has been gospel in Hollywood and in all the court cases and thing I’ve seen and heard since I was a child….more recently I spoke to a young lady who’s grandmother had worked at the FBI and she said her grandmother had told her this as well—it’s everywhere though: ” The skin on the palmar surface of the hands and feet forms ridges, so-called papillary ridges, in patterns that are unique to each individual and which do not change over time. Even identical twins (who share their DNA) do not have identical fingerprints.”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint

In fact the British Telegraph states:  “Nobody has yet proved that fingerprints are unique and families can share elements of the same pattern.”   http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/03/14/why-your-fingerprints-may-not-be-unique/  But wait it gets more confusing–for even if we prove that no two are a like we may not be able to prove that everyone person’s is the same all the time:    “This cornerstone of criminal investigation and identification may be flawed, as Mike Silverman (who introduced the first automated fingerprint detection system to the Metropolitan Police) claims that human error, partial prints and false positives mean that fingerprints evidence is not as reliable as is widely believed….’No two fingerprints are ever exactly alike in every detail; even two impressions recorded immediately after each other from the same finger.”  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2609919/Not-handy-Fingerprints-flawed-way-identifying-criminals-arent-unique-thought-says-Home-Office-scientist.html#ixzz45XeEpvCG

Oh and you can’t even believe in snow flakes:  Scientist Nancy Knight documented snowflakes in 1988 while studying cirrus clouds for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. During a Wisconsin snowstorm she found two identical sets of snow crystals — identical under a microscope, at least — giving lie to the old belief that no two snowflakes are alike. https://psmag.com/why-fingerprints-aren-t-the-proof-we-thought-they-were-e870231c8447#.dq23vbxu0

He fought Big Goliath

For years we’ve all seen the diamonds—it’s what you get or give for a token of your undying love and faithfulness before you marry–there are famous (on in-famous) ones–like the Hope–the British crown jewels are renowned for their content and the list goes on and on.  We spend fortunate on them and they have become legendary. BUT—“…diamond(s) …are far more common than their cost suggests. The big gem companies aggressively control the supply that arrives at market, creating artificial scarcity and high prices.  This practice was born in the diamond fields of South Africa in the 1880s, when Cecil Rhodes, the chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines, discovered that he could inflate prices at will simply by locking up the rights to every diamond mine he could find.    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/02/AR2010070203990.html

The other two falsies that they point out about the stones is that we have not stopped the mining, nor our purchasing of blood diamonds.  Oh and that whole thing about”  Diamonds long being a symbols of love and marriage.   Well my dears:  “The tradition of the diamond engagement ring was largely concocted in the 1930s by De Beers’s ad agency N.W. Ayer & Son — the same Madison Avenue shop that would later craft the wildly successful slogan “A diamond is forever.” Through magazine advertisements and Hollywood product placements,”

Who lay down and dieth –

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The American Civil War started and ended in April.

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The founder of the three German empires or reichs, were all born in April.

2nd season of OUTLANDER STARTS IN APRIL

in fact OUTLANDER’S DROUGHTLANDER ENDS THIS SATURDAY BUT YOU CAN SEE IT BEFORE THEN:  http://www.thewrap.com/outlander-season-2-premiere-starz-on-demand-streaming-service-two-days-early-how-to-watch/

Buddha and Mohammed were both born in April. Christ was reborn in April.

April is when you plant:

Beans
Beets
Cabbage
Carrots
Corn
Herbs:
basil, oregano, thyme and sage.
Lettuce
Melons
Onions
Peas
Peppers
Summer Squash
Tomatoes

AND as for that Garage/Yard Sale….here in Florida it works year round, but in the colder climes:  the best months are April, May, June and September.  Spring yard sales are a break from winter and a chance to get out and do something (buy buy, buy).

Boxing legends and friends Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson died on the same day in April, eight years apart. Aviation pioneers Anthony Fokker and Donald Douglas were born on the same day in April, two years’ apart.

April Birthdays

• 2- Hans Christian Anderson (1805)
• 5- Booker T. Washington (1805)
• 13- Thomas Jefferson (1743)
• 15- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
• 16- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947)
• 24- Barbra Streisand (1942)
• 29- Duke Ellinton (1899)

Tax Day is typically April 15. This year that date coincides with Emancipation Day, the Washington D.C. holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. capital.  Emancipation Day is usually observed April 16, the date in 1862 when President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act.  But April 16 falls on a Saturday this year, That pushes the official national deadline to the next business day, or in this case, Monday, April 18.  http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2016/04/why_is_tax_day_april_18_this_y.html

The Washington Post reports that residents in Maine and Massachusetts get an extra day, on top of the three-day extension, thanks to Patriots’ Day, the April 18 holiday marking the revolutionary battles of Lexington and Concord. Taxpayers in those states will have until April 19 to file.

Virginia Tech, the Waco siege, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Columbine shooting and the Boston Marathon bombing, all happened in April, among several other incidents

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And … the universe began in April. Really. And we will first meet aliens in April. Really

1,001 Things You Didn’t Know Happened in April: The History of the World in 30 Days. Sort Of

Pictures are again from Ireland and Florida—I’m leaving up to you to determine which.

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Sweet April time,
I long to be just like you,
and bring some life to this world.
Like a new born bird,
I wish to sing out to you,
with my sweet April song.

Sweet April time,
Why don’t you just come a little bit faster?
and keep the frost
from the flowing stream
You bring such color to the trees,
and a sweet smell to the breeze,
that’s why I sing sweet April song.

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We’ll all be together in two more days

Sweet April time,
sometimes I feel so troubled,
that this old world seems hard to face.
but when I think,
of all the sweetness you bring,
that’s when I sing, for your embrace.

APRIL Still:

Sometimes in April  (2005)

about the Rwandan Genocide of 1994,

Idris Elba, Oris Erhuero, Carole Karemera, and Debra Winger.

Not something to remind one of the joys of spring.

Enchanted April may refer to:

• The Enchanted April, the 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim
• a 1925 Broadway play based on the novel
• Enchanted April (1935 film)
• Enchanted April (1992 film)
• Enchanted April (2003 play) Tony-nominated Broadway production
• a 2010 musical stage adaptation by Charles Leipart and Richard Bunger Evans                                                                                                     Feeling lost in the shadows of marriage and post-WWI society, two unhappy London housewives rent a villa in Italy for a ladies-only holiday away, reluctantly recruiting a pair of difficult upper-class women to share the cost and the experience. Together under the Mediterranean sun, the four women clash — and then begin to bond and bloom — until men once again upset the balance  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enchanted_April_(2003_play)    Men have a way of doing that—yes they do….
• 
• Sweet April time,
  my dark days come so often,
  that half the time, I cannot see.
  so flash your light,
  upon my gloomy outlook,
  so I can sing, about the love you bring.
  
• 
• APRIL: Special Events
  April Fool’s Day
  Keukenhof, Netherlands
  Spirit of Speyside, Scotland
  Mahavir Jayanti
  TELUS World Ski Fest
  Cheung Chau Bun Festival

28th April -My Birthday –marks the beginning of:                        Scotland’s Spirit of Speyside Whiskey Festival at  Nine venues across Speyside –Speyside is big – it’s home to 50 distilleries and it’s located in the Highlands east of Inverness.  Drinking whisky in Scotland….for my birthday—now that works

Keukenhof

Sweet April time,
Why don’t you just come a little bit faster,
and keep the frost
from the flowing stream
You bring such color to the trees,
and a sweet smell to the breeze,

Fred Ellis – Sweet April Song Lyrics

APRIL HAS RICH TASTES–IT’S STONE IS DIAMNONDS.  Since ancient times, diamonds have been admired objects of desire. Formed one hundred miles beneath the Earth’s surface over a billion years ago, diamonds are the hardest gem of all. Diamonds have a long history of folklore; some of which say diamonds were created when bolts of lightning struck rocks, and others said the gem possessed healing powers. http://www.wixonjewelers.com/education/gemstones/gemstone-guide/#diamond

On the other hand the flower is strange:  Sweet peas–come on guys when was the last time you heard of Sweet Peas, let alone saw one….and I can’t think how to find some for a bouquet.  But given their meaning one understands why in this day and age they are apparently rare:  Love, Youth, Purity. The flower conveys innocence and there are five common types.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_flower

April Trees

Oh and by the way the WHO is: The World Health Organization a specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Wikipedia

Though April showers may come your way,
They bring the flowers that bloom in May.
So if it’s raining, have no regrets,
Because it isn’t raining rain, you know, (It’s raining violets, )
And where you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils,
So keep on looking for a blue bird, And list’ning for his song,
Whenever April showers come along.

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And where you see clouds upon the hills,
You soon will see crowds of daffodils,
So keep on looking for a blue bird, And list’ning for his song,
Whenever April showers come along.

Al Jolson Lyrics
“April Showers”

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By the way pictures today were either from my home state Florida or MY trip to Cashel-Republic of Ireland—I’ll let you figure which is which.

ANOTHER DAY IN THE LIFE OF your favorite Diva or not…starting walking again–with one of my new neighbors and her little boy and cat—yes the cat follows us walking like a dog–well really a really different cat…..yesterday was working in the yard–am actually doing more—getting ready for that UK trip.

P.S. Pics today are from Deltona, Fl.  http://www.ci.deltona.fl.us/

“For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” – Alexander Pope

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ONLY 3 MORE DAYS:  CHECK out this interview with Cait before we started season 1:  http://nukethefridge.com/2014/09/08/outlander-caitriona-balfe-fat-horses-book-soup/

HORSE BACK RIDING IN THE HIGHLANDS VACATIONS:  http://www.highlandsunbridled.co.uk/outlander.html

and new items for purchase:

Outlander: New Items Coming from Dark Horse

“Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.” – Benjamin Franklin

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. Mark Twain

Since I love caramel and Pizza I feel that this a good day for me…but I’d rather not go broke and raisin and spice….just so so…and I can read a road map so I’m up for the day as well—-But we saved the most important to last.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM):   The U.S. began to nationally observe the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month in 2001.  In 2014, President Barack Obama proclaimed the month of April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention.  Month, urging all Americans to support survivors of sexual assault and work together to prevent these crimes in our communities.   http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/31646373/sexual-assault-awareness-month-day-of-action-at-uthsc       FOR more information:  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/national-sexual-violence-resource-center-reveals-more-focus-and-unity-in-nationwide-sexual-assault-awareness-month-activities-70773642.html

Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. William Shakespeare

A bit chilly for this Florida-Girl

April Love sung by Pat Boone

“April love is for the very young
Every star’s a wishing star that shines for you
April love is all the seven wonders
One little kiss can tell you this is true ”

Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby. Langston Hughes

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 “The roofs are shining from the rain,
The sparrows twitter as they fly,
And with a windy April grace
The little clouds go by.
Yet the back yards are bare and brown
With only one unchanging tree–
I could not be so sure of Spring
Save that it sings in me.”
–  Sara Teasdale, April

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While I can’t supply England in April I am looking forward to giving it to you all in May—starting May 14 I plan to do a daily account of my trip to places like London, Nottingham, York and Edinburgh to name a few.  We will visit holy isles and the site of Dracula’s story according to Bram Stroker…We will visit Highland Lakes and lowland villages…border battlefields and lanes in the modern city of London named for the men who paraded down them in shinny armour….if you’re just visiting for the first time…or are a regular but haven’t subscribed yet don’t forget to do so–so you won’t miss my Brit inspired ramblings coming soon to a blog near you.

There is no glory in star or blossom till looked upon by a loving eye; There is no fragrance in April breezes till breathed with joy as they wander by.

William C. Bryant

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A reminder of what we’re waiting for–this site is so great:  http://outlanderbrasil.tumblr.com/

Check out these Season 2 Trailers:  http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00094196.html

and strained relationships:
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00092974.html

The U.S. tax code was written by A students. Every April 15, we have to pay somebody who got an A in accounting to keep ourselves from being sent to jail.

P. J. O’Rourke

AS it is April—the month of birth…I thought I’d do—yeah April.  Sorry mind is weirding out (duh–so what’s unusual about that? you ask.)  April is so me….and then some.

P.S.  Pictures are an assortment of my stuff over the ages.

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool’s sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

Alan Alda

April:  The traditional etymology is from the verb aperire, “to open”, in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to “open”, which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of άνοιξη (ánixi) (opening) for spring.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April

So that’s certainly an easy conclusion—it’s April–it’s spring, it’s opening….a great time of year to be alive unless you have allergies:  “Seasonal: Symptoms of seasonal allergic rhinitis can occur in spring, summer and early fall. They are usually caused by allergic sensitivity to airborne mold spores or to pollens from grass, trees and weeds.” http://acaai.org/allergies/types/hay-fever-rhinitis  But that’s most of the year for a lot of us so let’s just forget–or at least forgive that part of April.

And of course my month starts with a Fool’s Day—when the world conspires to make the other guy look foolish (as if this is any different than the other 365–or in the case of this year 366 days of the year), kinda an undignified– if not down right OMG why—to start out my birth month—however I managed to space myself as far from the date as possible (well I did give myself 2 days to spare so……..).  I mean a dignified person like we can’t cope with too much hilarity and non-dignified behavior you know.

So sweet love seemed that April morn. When first we kissed beside the thorn, So strangely sweet, it was not strange We thought that love could never change.

Robert Bridges

Marvin Gaye was born in April (2nd) a singer who did two songs I really love:

Back in the Mo-town days, when rock was part of the whole life thing.

Eddie Murphy (3rd) Funny man and more….

Russell Crowe (7th) …the first un-American on my list–This New Zealander has   provide viewing enjoyment from Rome (Gladiator) to Sherwood (Robin Hood) and many spots in between.

Thomas Jefferson (13th) former president, signer of that Independence thing and all round over achiever.

Leonardo de Vinci (15th) —you know that dude who invented submarines and painted ceilings and argued with popes

David Tenant (18th) one in a long line of the men that played WHO.

They are all Aries (March 21 – April 19):  Aries personalities are independent. Being the first of the zodiac signs, they venture out and are go-getters, often leading the way. Their upbeat and magnetic personality often entices others to follow their lead because Aries personalities bring excitement into others lives. http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/aries.htm Kinda  fits don’t ya think?

April in Paris, chestnuts in blossom, holiday tables under the trees.

E. Y. Harburg

The rest of us famous Aprilites (Queen Elizabeth II-21st, Jack Nicholson–22nd, Shakespeare–23rd, Al Pacino–25th, Me—28th, and Willie Nelson–29th)–are all under Taurus

We Taurus Babes  have immense perseverance, even when others have given up, the Taurus rages on. Solid and persistent, just like the bull…, which is Taurus’ well suited symbol. … They like the familiar and routine comfort of life. Taurus are easy going and not one to pick a fight but should some poor souls attempt to provoke Taurus, the wrath will be known, for they have a temper underneath the calm surface. Taurus are very responsive to their surroundings. They like decorations, color, anything that appeals to all the senses. Taurus like possessions and the Taurus home is nicely decorated with lots of things.  http://zodiac-signs-astrology.com/zodiac-signs/taurus.htm

In other words we’re stubborn, deadly when crossed and have homes with bizarre colors on more than necessary items stacked about our homes in a basic hoard pattern.

“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” — William Shakespeare

But April has had other disasters beside me:  It produced Lenin (22nd) who led the Russians in the their revolution which was anything BUT bloodless and Adam Lanizo (22nd) who murdered so many children at Sandy Hook and gave us the worse monster of the last several centuries Adolph Hitler on the 20th.

and beside people being born some passed away this month.  For instance the Titantic sunk:  15 April 1912….But it is April 20–the birthday of Hitler that is down right scary for on that day

1914:  Colorado/Ludlow coal mine–20 men, woman and children were killed when the Colorado National Guard was sent in to break up a strike

1999:  The Columbine massacre left 13 dead

2010:  Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico, exploded killing 11 and impacting environment and the lives of millions in the region.

2011:  Libya, the photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed by a mortar shell.

Might be a day you want to hid somewhere.

April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain.

T.S. Elliot

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“A gush of bird-song, a patter of dew, A cloud, and a rainbow’s warning, Suddenly sunshine and perfect blue — An April day in the morning.”

Harriet Prescott Spofford

Pictures today are from one of my many wanderings in Mt. Dora http://www.whattodoinmtdora.com/  various store that feature a lot of everything.

The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Buddha

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CELEBRATING OUTLANDER

&  SAM’S SECOND HUNK WIN (2015 AND NOW 16)http://www.eonline.com/news/752242/alpha-male-madness-2016-has-a-winner-who-is-tv-s-most-beloved-actor

Sam speaks on the real ginger: http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2016/03/25/outlander-star-brands-fake-ginger/

and take a look at the future Roger Mac in a past life on BBC:  http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016-03-23/why-you-should-be-watching-bbc3s-thirteen

Don’t get WEAK in the knees—but it’s only a week till the big day—and if you have to ask what then I suggest you go here and find out:  http://www.starz.com/originals/outlander/freeepisodes

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.

Phyllis Diller

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Ok while we do the best dressed dress store and more pictures ever today we’re finishing my THING WEEK with what else—WHY EVERYTHING of course

Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.

Zig Ziglar

The Invention of Everything Else (by Samatha Hunt) is an absorbing story about love and death and a wonderfully imagined homage to one of history’s most visionary scientists.  New York City thrums with energy, wonder, and possibility in this magical novel about the life of Nikola Tesla.  http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Everything-Else-Samantha-Hunt/dp/054708577X

Ok in case you don’t know Nikola Tesla is (or rather was Born: July 10, 1856, Smiljan, Croatia  Died: January 7, 1943, Manhattan, NY) a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current electricity supply system. Wikipedia

OK NOW THAT’S DEFINATELY IN MY EVERYTHING ELSE CATEGORY—AND WE’RE ALL A BIT MORE EDUCATED OR CONFUSED WHAT EVER THE CASE MAY BE.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

Albert Einstein

You scan through the score,
And put fingers on keys,
And you play.
And everything else goes away.
Everything else goes away.

from NEXT TO NORMAL

Next to Normal (styled as next to normal) is a rock musical with book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt. Its story concerns a mother who struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effect that her illness and the attempts to alleviate it have on her family. The musical also addresses such issues as grieving a loss, suicide, drug abuse, ethics in modern psychiatry, and the underbelly of suburban life.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_to_Normal

Bio-polar in my days of nurses training—they’d just discovered bandages by then—was called manic depression and it’s not fun.  Persons with this condition can fluctuate from being so up that their behavior is bizarre and then can rapidly drop to depression so low that they are barely functional and there is no pattern to the mood changes.   On top of all this the medication that helps the condition often cause mood side effects that result in some sufferers discontinuing it .  It’s not a fun place to be.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

Oscar Wilde

‘F**K IVY AND EVERYTHING ELSE’    Mark McNairy  The title’s tongue-in-cheek reference to Teruyoshi Hayashida’s seminal photo-book Take Ivy,

Teruyoshi Hayashida was born in the fashionable Aoyama District of Tokyo, where he also grew up. He began shooting cover images for Men’s Club magazine after the title’s launch. Very sophisticated in style and a connoisseur of gourmet food, he is known for his homemade, soy-sauce-marinated Japanese pepper (sansho), and his love of gunnel tempura and Riesling wine. Weikipedia

Take Ivy was originally published in the 60’s and the web is full of praise for it’s fashion and presentation of same for men….http://thetrad.blogspot.com/2008/12/take-ivy-chapter-i.html  click on that sight if you’re into male fashion and well done pictures and whatever else you might like along that line.  I personally will see if there’s anything else along the everything else wanderings.

Everything Else, Volume 1 is a DVD collection of all the short toons before Homestar vs. Other Little Girl, the first 10 Teen Girl Squad issues, and Answering Machine versions through 12.2. It was released on November 14, 2005.   http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Everything_Else,_Volume_1

Warning this is so duh………………………..

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

E. B. White

An Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973) episode:  Everything Else You Can Steal      Blackjack Jenny, an honest middle-aged card dealer, meets our boys in New Mexico and asks them to keep a lookout for her son, who wrote her from the town saying he had a big score of some kind.     http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0508536/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl

      Alias Smith and Jones are really Hannibal Heyes (Pete Duel) and Kid Curry (Ben Murphy) a couple of old west wanted men who are given a reprieve and now have to stay out of trouble.  Never could get into the show myself—kinda a yawn I thought.

TOP TV WESTERNS OF ALL TIME:

1.  

   GUNSMOKE

   
   

2. RIFLEMAN
3.  
   RAWHIDE (Clint Eastwood–before he went Spaghetti)

   
   

4.  
   BONZANZA

5.  
   MAVERICK   (Roger Moore before he was Bond is  cousin Beau)

Louis Tomlinson

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